Systems and methods for peer-to-peer identity verification

ABSTRACT

An identity verification system may include a contactless card comprising a processor and a memory, and one or more applications comprising instructions for execution on one or more devices. The contactless card may be associated with a first user. A first application may be configured to transmit, after entry of the contactless card into a communication field, identity data. A second application may be configured to receive a notification based on an identity verification process. The notification may comprise an option indicative of requested access to specified information about the first user, the option further including a choice to accept or decline access to the specified information about the first user. The first application may be configured to receive the requested access to specified information about the first user based on selection of the option.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for peer-to-peeridentity verification.

BACKGROUND

In peer-to-peer interactions, there is often a disconnect betweenverification of user identities, as there is no source verifying theclaims made about an individual identity in a secure manner. There arealso limitations in permission handling and application integration. Forexample, applications may apply different standards to identity claimsor seek different information for purposes of verification. This maycause one application to verify a user where another application wouldnot, which may result in different levels of security. Additional inputof verification factors or other actions may be required to reach anadequate level of security. As another example, applications may bebased on various platforms that may not be fully compatible, which mayreduce cross-application communication and functionality and decreaseefficiency.

These and other deficiencies exist. Accordingly, there is a need forsystems and methods for peer-to-peer identity verification that provideenhanced security and an improved user experience in controlledpermission handling and application integration without requiringadditional factor input.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an identity verificationsystem, including a contactless card comprising a processor and amemory. The system may comprise one or more applications comprisinginstructions for execution on one or more devices. A first applicationmay be configured to transmit, after entry of the contactless card intoa communication field, identity data. The first application may compriseinstructions for execution on a first client device. A secondapplication may be configured to receive a notification based on anidentity verification process. The second application may compriseinstructions for execution on a second client device. The notificationmay include an option indicative of requested access to specifiedinformation about the first user. The option may further include achoice to accept or decline access to the specified information aboutthe first user. The first application may be configured to receive therequested access to specified information about the first user based onselection of the option. The application may be configured to determinea capability associated with the contactless card after a first entryinto a communication field. The application may be configured to requestadditional information based on the determination. The one or moreapplets may be configured to transmit, to the application, a generatedtokenized link after a second entry into the communication field basedon the requested additional information. The application may beconfigured to transmit the link to obtain the requested additionalinformation.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of identityverification. The method may include transmitting, after entry of acontactless card into a communication field, identity data by a firstapplication comprising instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. The method may include receiving, based on an identityverification process of the identity data, a notification at a secondapplication comprising instructions for execution on a second clientdevice, the notification comprising an option indicative of requestedaccess to specified information about a first user, the option furtherincluding accept or decline access to the specified information aboutthe first user. The method may include receiving, based on selection ofthe option, the requested access to specified information about thefirst user.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer readablenon-transitory medium comprising computer-executable instructions thatare executed on a processor and comprising the steps of transmitting,via at least one selected from the group of a near field communication(NFC) scan and image capture of a contactless card, identity data foridentity verification by a first application; performing an identityverification process on the transmitted identity data; determining anoutcome based on the identity verification process; transmitting thenotification to a second application based on the outcome; customizingat least one selected from the group of specified information about afirst user and access to the specified information about the first user;receiving, based on the identity verification process of the identitydata, a notification, the notification comprising an option associatedwith requested access to specified information about the first user; andreceiving, based on selection of the option, the requested access tospecified information about the first user, wherein the notificationfurther comprises a message that the first application comprisinginstructions for execution on a first client device is in communicationwith a contactless card and is requesting access to specifiedinformation about the first user, and the second application comprisesinstructions for execution on a second client device different than thefirst client device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various embodiments of the present disclosure, together with furtherobjects and advantages, may best be understood by reference to thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 depicts an identity verification system according to an exemplaryembodiment.

FIG. 2A is an illustration of a contactless card according to anexemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2B is an illustration of a contact pad of the contactless cardaccording to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 depicts a method of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 depicts a method of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 depicts a method of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description of embodiments provides non-limitingrepresentative examples referencing numerals to particularly describefeatures and teachings of different aspects of the invention. Theembodiments described should be recognized as capable of implementationseparately, or in combination, with other embodiments from thedescription of the embodiments. A person of ordinary skill in the artreviewing the description of embodiments should be able to learn andunderstand the different described aspects of the invention. Thedescription of embodiments should facilitate understanding of theinvention to such an extent that other implementations, not specificallycovered but within the knowledge of a person of skill in the art havingread the description of embodiments, would be understood to beconsistent with an application of the invention.

By utilizing NFC mobile and transmitting device capabilities, twoindividuals may be enabled to identify each other via the systems andmethods disclosed herein. A user card may be scanned by a device, inwhich another device is notified. This notification provides the optionto accept or decline access to user identity. Upon acceptance, a usermay receive relevant contact information about the other user.Regardless of the type of device, no additional input is needed. Thisrepresents an improvement over existing implementations by providinggreater and more consistent security with controlled permission handlingand application integration without requiring additional factor inputfor identity verification. In addition to increased security, the userexperience is improved and identifications can be performed moreefficiently and effectively. Further, identity can be confirmed withonly a minimal amount of data revealed (i.e., handing a card to anotherperson) and this can be additionally reduced by the card usermaintaining control of their card and tapping their card themselves onthe other user's device.

FIG. 1 illustrates an identity verification system 100 according to anexemplary embodiment. The identity verification system 100 may comprisea transmitting device 105, a first application 110, a second application115, a network 120, a server 125, and a database 130. Although FIG. 1illustrates single instances of components of system 100, system 100 mayinclude any number of components.

System 100 may include a transmitting device 105. The transmittingdevice 105 may comprise a contactless card or other device describedherein. As further explained below in FIGS. 2A-2B, transmitting device105 may include one or more processors 102, and memory 104. Memory 104may include one or more applets 106 and one or more counters 108.Transmitting device 105 may be in data communication with one or moredevices 112, 117. For example, transmitting device may transmit data vianetwork 120 to client devices 112, 117. In some examples, transmittingdevice 105 may be configured to transmit data via network 120 to clientdevice 117 after entry into one or more communication fields of clientdevices 112, 117. In some examples, the transmitting device 105 may beconfigured to transmit data after one or more entries into one or morecommunication fields of respective client devices 112, 117, each entryassociated with a gesture, including but not limited to a tap, a swipe,a wave, and/or any combination thereof.

System 100 may include a first application 110. For example, firstapplication 110 may comprise instructions for execution on a firstdevice 112. First application 110 may be in communication with anycomponents of system 100. For example, first device 112 may execute oneor more applications, such as first application 110, that enable, forexample, network and/or data communications with one or more componentsof system 100 and transmit and/or receive data. The first device 112 mayinclude one or more processors 113 coupled to memory 114. For example,first device 112 may be a network-enabled computer. As referred toherein, a network-enabled computer may include, but is not limited to acomputer device, or communications device including, e.g., a server, anetwork appliance, a personal computer, a workstation, a phone, ahandheld PC, a personal digital assistant, a contactless card, a thinclient, a fat client, an Internet browser, or other device. First device112 also may be a mobile device; for example, a mobile device mayinclude an iPhone, iPod, iPad from Apple® or any other mobile devicerunning Apple's iOS® operating system, any device running Microsoft'sWindows® Mobile operating system, any device running Google's Android®operating system, and/or any other smartphone, tablet, or like wearablemobile device.

The first device 112 may include processing circuitry and may containadditional components, including processors, memories, error andparity/CRC checkers, data encoders, anticollision algorithms,controllers, command decoders, security primitives and tamperproofinghardware, as necessary to perform the functions described herein. Thefirst device 112 may further include a display and input devices. Thedisplay may be any type of device for presenting visual information suchas a computer monitor, a flat panel display, and a mobile device screen,including liquid crystal displays, light-emitting diode displays, plasmapanels, and cathode ray tube displays. The input devices may include anydevice for entering information into the user's device that is availableand supported by the user's device, such as a touch-screen, keyboard,mouse, cursor-control device, touch-screen, microphone, digital camera,video recorder or camcorder. These devices may be used to enterinformation and interact with the software and other devices describedherein. In some examples, the first device 112 may include at least oneselected from the group of a mobile device, a wearable device, a pointof sales system, a kiosk, and a terminal.

System 100 may include a second application 115. Second application 115may comprise instructions for execution on a second device 117. Secondapplication 115 may be in communication with any components of system100. For example, second device 117 may execute one or moreapplications, such as second application 115, that enable, for example,network and/or data communications with one or more components of system100 and transmit and/or receive data. The second device 117 may includeone or more processors 116 coupled to memory 118. For example, seconddevice 117 may be a network-enabled computer. As referred to herein, anetwork-enabled computer may include, but is not limited to a computerdevice, or communications device including, e.g., a server, a networkappliance, a personal computer, a workstation, a phone, a handheld PC, apersonal digital assistant, a contactless card, a thin client, a fatclient, an Internet browser, or other device. Second device 117 also maybe a mobile device; for example, a mobile device may include an iPhone,iPod, iPad from Apple® or any other mobile device running Apple's iOS®operating system, any device running Microsoft's Windows® Mobileoperating system, any device running Google's Android® operating system,and/or any other smartphone, tablet, or like wearable mobile device.

The second device 117 may include processing circuitry and may containadditional components, including processors, memories, error andparity/CRC checkers, data encoders, anticollision algorithms,controllers, command decoders, security primitives and tamperproofinghardware, as necessary to perform the functions described herein. Thesecond device 117 may further include a display and input devices. Thedisplay may be any type of device for presenting visual information suchas a computer monitor, a flat panel display, and a mobile device screen,including liquid crystal displays, light-emitting diode displays, plasmapanels, and cathode ray tube displays. The input devices may include anydevice for entering information into the user's device that is availableand supported by the user's device, such as a touch-screen, keyboard,mouse, cursor-control device, touch-screen, microphone, digital camera,video recorder or camcorder. These devices may be used to enterinformation and interact with the software and other devices describedherein. In some examples, the second device 117 may include at least oneselected from the group of a mobile device, a wearable device, and akiosk.

System 100 may include a network 120. In some examples, network 120 maybe one or more of a wireless network, a wired network or any combinationof wireless network and wired network, and may be configured to connectto any one of components of system 100. For example, client devices 112,117 may be configured to connect to server 125 via network 120. In someexamples, network 120 may include one or more of a fiber optics network,a passive optical network, a cable network, an Internet network, asatellite network, a wireless local area network (LAN), a Global Systemfor Mobile Communication, a Personal Communication Service, a PersonalArea Network, Wireless Application Protocol, Multimedia MessagingService, Enhanced Messaging Service, Short Message Service, TimeDivision Multiplexing based systems, Code Division Multiple Access basedsystems, D-AMPS, Wi-Fi, Fixed Wireless Data, IEEE 802.11b, 802.15.1,802.11n and 802.11g, Bluetooth, NFC, Radio Frequency Identification(RFID), Wi-Fi, and/or the like.

In addition, network 120 may include, without limitation, telephonelines, fiber optics, IEEE Ethernet 902.3, a wide area network, awireless personal area network, a LAN, or a global network such as theInternet. In addition, network 120 may support an Internet network, awireless communication network, a cellular network, or the like, or anycombination thereof. Network 120 may further include one network, or anynumber of the exemplary types of networks mentioned above, operating asa stand-alone network or in cooperation with each other. Network 120 mayutilize one or more protocols of one or more network elements to whichthey are communicatively coupled. Network 120 may translate to or fromother protocols to one or more protocols of network devices. Althoughnetwork 120 is depicted as a single network, it should be appreciatedthat according to one or more examples, network 120 may comprise aplurality of interconnected networks, such as, for example, theInternet, a service provider's network, a cable television network,corporate networks, such as credit card association networks, and homenetworks.

Client devices 112, 117 may be in communication with one or more servers125 via one or more networks 120, and may operate as a respectivefront-end to back-end pair with server 125. Client devices 112, 117 maytransmit, for example from a mobile device application 110, 115executing thereon, one or more requests to server 125. The one or morerequests may be associated with retrieving data from server 125. Server125 may receive the one or more requests from client devices 112, 117.Based on the one or more requests from client applications 110, 115,server 125 may be configured to retrieve the requested data. Server 125may be configured to transmit the received data to client applications110, 115, the received data being responsive to one or more requests.

System 100 may include one or more servers 125. In some examples, server125 may include one or more processors 127 coupled to memory 129. Server125 may be configured as a central system, server or platform to controland call various data at different times to execute a plurality ofworkflow actions. Server 125 may be configured to connect to one orclient devices 112, 117. Server 125 may be in data communication withthe client applications 110, 115. For example, a server 125 may be indata communication with the client applications 110, 115 via one or morenetworks 120.

System 100 may include one or more databases 130. The database 130 maycomprise a relational database, a non-relational database, or otherdatabase implementations, and any combination thereof, including aplurality of relational databases and non-relational databases. In someexamples, the database 130 may comprise a desktop database, a mobiledatabase, or an in-memory database. Further, the database 130 may behosted internally by the devices 112, 117 or the database 130 may behosted externally to the devices 112, 117, such as by a server 125, by acloud-based platform, or in any storage device that is in datacommunication with the devices 112, 117. In some examples, database 130may be in data communication with any number of components of system100. For example, server 125 may be configured to retrieve the requesteddata from the database 130 that is transmitted by applications 110, 115.Server 125 may be configured to transmit the received data from database130 to client applications 110, 115 via network 120, the received databeing responsive to the transmitted one or more requests. In otherexamples, client applications 110, 115 may be configured to transmit oneor more requests for the requested data from database 130 via network120.

In some examples, exemplary procedures in accordance with the presentdisclosure described herein can be performed by a processing arrangementand/or a computing arrangement (e.g., computer hardware arrangement).Such processing/computing arrangement can be, for example entirely or apart of, or include, but not limited to, a computer/processor that caninclude, for example one or more microprocessors, and use instructionsstored on a computer-accessible medium (e.g., RAM, ROM, hard drive, orother storage device). For example, a computer-accessible medium can bepart of the memory of the client devices 112, 117 and/or server 125 orother computer hardware arrangement.

In some examples, a computer-accessible medium (e.g., as describedherein above, a storage device such as a hard disk, floppy disk, memorystick, CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, etc., or a collection thereof) can be provided(e.g., in communication with the processing arrangement). Thecomputer-accessible medium can contain executable instructions thereon.In addition or alternatively, a storage arrangement can be providedseparately from the computer-accessible medium, which can provide theinstructions to the processing arrangement so as to configure theprocessing arrangement to execute certain exemplary procedures,processes, and methods, as described herein above, for example.

The first application 110 may be configured to transmit, after entry ofthe contactless card 105 into a communication field of device 112,identity data. The entry may occur via one or more gestures, includingbut not limited to a tap, a swipe, a wave, and/or any combinationthereof. As previously explained, the first application 110 may compriseinstructions for execution on a first client device 112. In someexamples, the identity data may be transmitted to device 117. In someexamples, the identity data may be transmitted to server 125. Withoutlimitation, the identity data may comprise at least one selected fromthe group of a name, an address, an account number, credit card number,social security number, a password, a one-time passcode, and biometricinformation (e.g., fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition,retinal scan).

The second application 115 may be configured to receive one or morenotifications based on an identity verification process. As previouslyexplained, the second application 115 may comprise instructions forexecution on a second client device 117. Without limitation, theidentity verification process may comprise a comparison between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, the reference datamay be stored in server 125. In other examples, the reference data maybe retrieved from the database 130 by the server 125. For example, theserver 125 may transmit one or more requests to database 130 to retrievedata, such as the reference data. The database 130 may be configured totransmit, responsive to the one or more requests from server 125, data,such as the reference data. In some examples, the server 125 may beconfigured to perform the identity verification process. For example,the server 125 may be configured to compare the identity data withreference data in order to determine an outcome. The server 125 may beconfigured to compare at least one selected from the group of a name, anaddress, an account number, credit card number, social security number,a password, a one-time passcode, and biometric information (e.g.,fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition, retinal scan),and/or any combination thereof with reference data. For example, theserver 125 may be configured to compare a password and a one-timepasscode with a reference password and a reference one-time passcode.

In some examples, the server 125 may be configured to improve securityby requiring one or more additional comparisons to perform one or moreiterations of the identity verification process. Continuing with theprevious example, the server 125 may be configured to compare, withoutlimitation, an account number of the identity data with a referenceaccount number, after comparing the password and one-time passcode withthe reference password and reference one-time passcode. For example, theserver 125 may transmit one or more requests to database 130 to retrievedata, such as the reference data, including but not limited to thereference account number. The database 130 may be configured totransmit, responsive to the one or more requests from server 125, data,such as the reference data, including but not limited to the referenceaccount number.

The server 125 may be configured to determine an outcome based on theidentity verification process. In some examples, the outcome of theidentity verification process may comprise a successful match betweenthe identity data and reference data. In other examples, the outcome ofthe identity verification process may comprise an unsuccessful matchbetween the identity data and reference data. Without limitation, theunsuccessful outcome may trigger a comparison between least one or moreselected from the group of a name, an address, an account number, acredit card number, social security number, a password, a one-timepasscode, and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facialrecognition, voice recognition, retinal scan) with reference data. Forexample, the original request may comprise a comparison between apassword and reference password data, whereas the renewed request, afterdetermination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise a password and aone-time passcode and reference password and one-time passcode data. Inanother example, the original request may comprise a comparison betweenan account number with reference account number, and the renewedrequest, after determination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise acomparison between biometric information and reference biometriccomparison. In some examples, the requested identity data may be same asthe renewed request for identity data after determination of theunsuccessful outcome. The server 125 may be configured to transmit theone or more notifications to the second application 115 based on theoutcome.

In some examples, the second application 115 may be configured toperform a pre-verification process prior to display of the one or morenotifications. For example, the second application 115 may be configuredto perform the pre-verification process by requesting, prior to displayof the notification, an authentication input of one or more logincredentials. The second application 115 may be configured to display theone or more notifications. In some examples, at least one logincredential may comprise a password credential. In some examples, atleast one login credential may comprise a biometric credential. Forexample, the biometric credential may include at least one selected fromthe group of a fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition,retinal scan, and/or any combination thereof. In other examples, the oneor more login credentials may comprise a password credential, abiometric credential, and/or any combination thereof.

In some examples, at least one notification may comprise an optionindicative of requested access to specified information about the firstuser. For example, the option may comprise a choice to accept or declineaccess to the specified information about the first user. In someexamples, the second application 115 may be configured to modify atleast one selected from the group of specified information about thefirst user and access to the specified information about the first user.In some examples, the notification may further comprise a message thatthe first client application 110 of the first device 112 is incommunication with the contactless card 105 and is requesting access tospecified information about the first user. In some examples, thenotification may further comprise a menu of shareable specifiedinformation about the first user. In some examples, the notification maybe configured to enable a response in which the user may select and/orsearch for additional information to be shared. In this manner, theidentity of the first user may be confirmed with only a minimal amountof data revealed, including but not limited to handing a transmittingdevice or card to a second user, and this may be additionally reduced bythe card user maintaining control of their card and gesturing, such astapping, swiping, waving, and/or any combination thereof, their cardthemselves on the other user's device. Without limitation, the menu maycomprise at least one selected from the group of first name, last name,gender, IP address, email address, mailing address, phone number,transaction information (e.g., merchant, location, goods/servicespurchased, purchase price, purchase terms and conditions, return andrefund policies), transaction history (e.g., transaction information ofprevious transactions), account information, birthdate, and/or anycombination thereof. In some examples, the menu may be customized toinclude same or different parameters for different users and/ordifferent devices. For example, the menu may be customized to includeonly email address and phone number for a user associated with a mobiledevice, whereas the menu may be customized to include only accountinformation and birthday for another user associated with a mobiledevice. In another example, the menu may be customized to include onlytransaction information for a user associated with a kiosk. Moreover,the menu may be customized based on previous recognition and/orverification of different users and/or different devices, such that itincludes saved settings for each of the customized menu parametersassociated with different users and/or different devices.

The first application 110 may be configured to receive the requestedaccess to specified information about the first user based on selectionof the option. For example, the first application 110 may be configuredto receive access to the specified information about the first userbased on selecting the accept access. In some examples, the selection ofthe option may be associated with a predetermined time duration prior toa timeout of the requested access. In some examples, upon expiration ofthe timeout of the requested access, the identity verification processmay terminate and no longer provide selection of the option. In otherexamples, upon expiration of the timeout of the requested access, theidentity verification process may be re-initiated for a same ordifferent predetermined time duration.

In some examples, access to the specified information about the firstuser may be associated with one or more permissions that are revocableby the second application 115. For example, at least one permission maycomprise a geographic restriction. In this case, the second application115 may be configured to revoke access to the specified informationabout the first user based on a geographic limitation such that theaccess is provided only if the first application 110 is within apredetermined distance of second device 117 within a given location.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise apre-authorized verification. For example, the second application 115 maybe configured to revoke access to the specified information about thefirst user if the first application 110 has not receive a pre-authorizedverification. In some examples, the pre-authorized verification may be apart of an approval list in which the first application 110 has alreadybeen authorized to receive the requested access. In some examples, thepre-authorized verification may be based on whether the firstapplication 110 has previously received the requested access, such aswithin a predetermined time, previous transaction history, and/or anycombination thereof.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise at least oneselected from personally identifiable information, a transaction type, amerchant type, and/or any combination thereof. For example, the secondapplication 115 may be configured to revoke access to the specifiedinformation about the first user if the request includes any portion ofpersonally identifiable information, including but not limited to firstname, last name, email, age, gender, birthdate, location, insuranceinformation, and/or any combination thereof unless previously authorizedand/or partially redacted.

In another example, the second application 115 may be configured torevoke access to the specified information about the first user if therequest does not match with an approved transaction type, such as atransaction for a payment, personally identifiable information, and/orany combination thereof.

In another example, the second application 115 may be configured torevoke access to the specified information about the first user if therequest does not match with an approved merchant type, such as a doctor,a pharmacist, a financial institution, a grocery store, a governmententity, or the like. For example, the second application 115 may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the request does not include a matching identifier associatedwith a merchant or merchant type, such as a doctor, a pharmacist, afinancial institution, a grocery store, a government entity, or thelike.

In another example, the second application 115 may be configured torevoke access to the specified information about the first user if therequest is performed over a predetermined threshold, such as requestingtoo frequently within a given time. The second application 115 may alsobe configured to revoke access to the specified information about thefirst user if the request is performed at an abnormal or otherwiseirregular day, time, and/or any combination thereof. For example, if therequest is not performed within normal business hours, or if the requestis performed at a day and/or time that does not match with previousrequest history, the access to the specified information about the firstuser may be revoked by the second application. Thus, the secondapplication 115 may be configured to determine if the request matcheswith a previous request by user and/or device in evaluating whether ornot to revoke access to the specified information about the first user.

In some examples, the second application 115 may comprise instructionsfor execution on the second client device 117 different than the firstclient device 112 of the first application 110 comprising instructionsfor execution thereon. For example, the second application 115 maycomprise instructions for execution on a mobile device whereas the firstapplication 110 may comprise instructions for execution on a kiosk.Moreover, as described herein, it is understood that a user is notconfined to being a person. In some examples, the user may comprise orbe associated with any device. For example, it may comprise a lockbox toretrieve one or more items, such as a package. In another example, itmay comprise a device associated with a pharmacy, store, school,restaurant, hotel, airport, vehicle, market, garage, residential ornon-residential building, or the like.

FIG. 2A illustrates one or more transmitting devices 200. Transmittingdevice 200 may reference or include same or similar components oftransmitting device or contactless card 105, as explained above withrespect to FIG. 1. Although FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate single instancesof components of transmitting device 200, any number of components maybe utilized.

Transmitting device 200 may be configured to communicate with one ormore components of system 100. Transmitting device 200 may comprise acontactless card, which may comprise a payment card, such as a creditcard, debit card, or gift card, issued by a service provider 205displayed on the front or back of the card 200. In some examples, thecontactless card 200 is not related to a payment card, and may comprise,without limitation, an identification card. In some examples, thepayment card may comprise a dual interface contactless payment card. Thecontactless card 200 may comprise a substrate 210, which may include asingle layer or one or more laminated layers composed of plastics,metals, and other materials. Exemplary substrate materials includepolyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl chloride acetate, acrylonitrile butadienestyrene, polycarbonate, polyesters, anodized titanium, palladium, gold,carbon, paper, and biodegradable materials. In some examples, thecontactless card 200 may have physical characteristics compliant withthe ID-1 format of the ISO/IEC 7810 standard, and the contactless cardmay otherwise be compliant with the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. However, itis understood that the contactless card 200 according to the presentdisclosure may have different characteristics, and the presentdisclosure does not require a contactless card to be implemented in apayment card.

The contactless card 200 may also include identification information 215displayed on the front and/or back of the card, and a contact pad 220.The contact pad 220 may be configured to establish contact with anothercommunication device, including but not limited to a user device, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or tablet computer. The contactless card 200 mayalso include processing circuitry, antenna and other components notshown in FIG. 2A. These components may be located behind the contact pad220 or elsewhere on the substrate 210. The contactless card 200 may alsoinclude a magnetic strip or tape, which may be located on the back ofthe card (not shown in FIG. 2A).

As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the contact pad 220 of FIG. 2A may includeprocessing circuitry 225 for storing and processing information,including a microprocessor 230 and a memory 235. It is understood thatthe processing circuitry 225 may contain additional components,including processors, memories, error and parity/CRC checkers, dataencoders, anticollision algorithms, controllers, command decoders,security primitives and tamperproofing hardware, as necessary to performthe functions described herein.

The memory 235 may be a read-only memory, write-once read-multiplememory or read/write memory, e.g., RAM, ROM, and EEPROM, and thecontactless card 200 may include one or more of these memories. Aread-only memory may be factory programmable as read-only or one-timeprogrammable. One-time programmability provides the opportunity to writeonce then read many times. A write once/read-multiple memory may beprogrammed at a point in time after the memory chip has left thefactory. Once the memory is programmed, it may not be rewritten, but itmay be read many times. A read/write memory may be programmed andre-programed many times after leaving the factory. It may also be readmany times.

The memory 235 may be configured to store one or more applets 240, oneor more counters 245, and a customer identifier 250. The one or moreapplets 240 may comprise one or more software applications configured toexecute on one or more contactless cards, such as Java Card applet.However, it is understood that applets 240 are not limited to Java Cardapplets, and instead may be any software application operable oncontactless cards or other devices having limited memory. The one ormore counters 245 may comprise a numeric counter sufficient to store aninteger. The customer identifier 250 may comprise a unique alphanumericidentifier assigned to a user of the contactless card 200, and theidentifier may distinguish the user of the contactless card from othercontactless card users. In some examples, the customer identifier 250may identify both a customer and an account assigned to that customerand may further identify the contactless card associated with thecustomer's account.

The processor and memory elements of the foregoing exemplary embodimentsare described with reference to the contact pad, but the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. It is understood that these elementsmay be implemented outside of the pad 220 or entirely separate from it,or as further elements in addition to processor 230 and memory 235elements located within the contact pad 220.

In some examples, the contactless card 200 may comprise one or moreantennas 255. The one or more antennas 255 may be placed within thecontactless card 200 and around the processing circuitry 225 of thecontact pad 220. For example, the one or more antennas 255 may beintegral with the processing circuitry 225 and the one or more antennas255 may be used with an external booster coil. As another example, theone or more antennas 255 may be external to the contact pad 220 and theprocessing circuitry 225.

In an embodiment, the coil of contactless card 200 may act as thesecondary of an air core transformer. The terminal may communicate withthe contactless card 200 by cutting power or amplitude modulation. Thecontactless card 200 may infer the data transmitted from the terminalusing the gaps in the contactless card's power connection, which may befunctionally maintained through one or more capacitors. The contactlesscard 200 may communicate back by switching a load on the contactlesscard's coil or load modulation. Load modulation may be detected in theterminal's coil through interference.

FIG. 3 depicts a method 300 of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment. FIG. 3 may reference or include same or similarcomponents of system 100 of FIG. 1, and transmitting device 200 of FIG.2A and FIG. 2B.

At block 305, the method 300 may comprise entering of a card into acommunication field of a device. For example, the entry may occur viaone or more gestures, including but not limited to a tap, a swipe, awave, and/or any combination thereof. As previously explained, the firstapplication may comprise instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. In some examples, the entry may be performed by the card user.In other examples, the entry may be performed by the client device user.

At block 310, the method 300 may comprise transmitting, after entry of acontactless card into a communication field, identity data by a firstapplication comprising instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. Without limitation, the identity data may comprise at least oneselected from the group of a name, an address, an account number, acredit card number, social security number, a password, a one-timepasscode, and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facialrecognition, voice recognition, retinal scan).

At block 315, the method 300 may include performing an identityverification process of the identity data. Without limitation, theidentity verification process may comprise a comparison between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, the reference datamay be stored in server. In other examples, the reference data may beretrieved from the database by the server. For example, the server maytransmit one or more requests to database to retrieve data, such as thereference data. The database may be configured to transmit, responsiveto the one or more requests from server, data, such as the referencedata. In some examples, the server may be configured to perform theidentity verification process. For example, the server may be configuredto compare the identity data with reference data in order to determinean outcome. In other examples, the second application may be configuredto perform the identity verification process. For example, the secondapplication may be configured to compare the identity data withreference data stored on the second device in order to determine anoutcome.

The server and/or second application may be configured to compare atleast one selected from the group of a name, an address, an accountnumber, credit card number, social security number, a password, aone-time passcode, and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facialrecognition, voice recognition, retinal scan), and/or any combinationthereof with reference data. For example, the server may be configuredto compare a password and a one-time passcode with a reference passwordand a reference one-time passcode.

In some examples, the server and/or second application may be configuredto improve authentication security by requiring one or more additionalcomparisons to perform one or more iterations of the identityverification process. Continuing with the previous example, the servermay be configured to compare, without limitation, an account number ofthe identity data with a reference account number, after comparing thepassword and one-time passcode with the reference password and referenceone-time passcode. For example, the server may transmit one or morerequests to database to retrieve data, such as the reference data,including but not limited to the reference account number. The databasemay be configured to transmit, responsive to the one or more requestsfrom server, data, such as the reference data, including but not limitedto the reference account number.

In other examples, the second application may be configured to comparethe identity data with reference data accessible to the second device,such as by submitting a request or retrieving the reference data from aserver. In some examples, the outcome of the identity verificationprocess may comprise a successful match between the identity data andreference data. In some examples, the outcome of the identityverification process may comprise an unsuccessful match between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, if the outcomecomprises an unsuccessful match, the identity verification process mayend, and the identity verification process may be restarted by theserver and/or second application with requesting additional and/ordifferent information from the original request for comparing theidentity data with reference data. Without limitation, the unsuccessfuloutcome may trigger a comparison between least one or more selected fromthe group of a name, an address, an account number, a credit cardnumber, social security number, a password, a one-time passcode, andbiometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facial recognition, voicerecognition, retinal scan) with reference data. For example, theoriginal request may comprise a comparison between a password andreference password data, whereas the renewed request, afterdetermination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise a password and aone-time passcode and reference password and one-time passcode data. Inanother example, the original request may comprise a comparison betweenan account number with reference account number, and the renewedrequest, after determination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise acomparison between biometric information and reference biometriccomparison. In some examples, the requested identity data may be same asthe renewed request for identity data after determination of theunsuccessful outcome.

The server may be configured to determine an outcome based on theidentity verification process. The server may be configured to transmitthe one or more notifications to the second application based on theoutcome. In other examples, the second application may be configured todetermine an outcome based on the identity verification process. Inother examples, the second application may be configured to transmit theone or more notifications based on the outcome.

At block 320, the method 300 may comprise receiving, based on anidentity verification process of the identity data, a notification at asecond application comprising instructions for execution on a secondclient device, the notification comprising an option indicative ofrequested access to specified information about a first user, the optionfurther including accept or decline access to the specified informationabout the first user. For example, the second application may beconfigured to receive one or more notifications based on an identityverification process.

In some examples, the second application may be configured to perform apre-verification process prior to display of the one or morenotifications. For example, the second application may be configured toperform the pre-verification process by requesting, prior to display ofthe notification, an authentication input of one or more logincredentials. The second application may be configured to display the oneor more notifications. In some examples, at least one login credentialmay comprise a password credential. In some examples, at least one logincredential may comprise a biometric credential. For example, thebiometric credential may include at least one selected from the group ofa fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition, retinal scan,and/or any combination thereof. In other examples, the one or more logincredentials may comprise a password credential, a biometric credential,and/or any combination thereof

In some examples, at least one notification may comprise an optionindicative of requested access to specified information about the firstuser. For example, the option may comprise a choice to accept or declineaccess to the specified information about the first user. In someexamples, the second application may be configured to modify at leastone selected from the group of specified information about the firstuser and access to the specified information about the first user. Insome examples, the notification may further comprise a message that thefirst client application of the first device is in communication withthe contactless card and is requesting access to specified informationabout the first user. In some examples, the notification may furthercomprise a menu of shareable specified information about the first user.For example, the menu may comprise at least one selected from the groupof first name, last name, gender, IP address, email address, mailingaddress, phone number, transaction information, account information,birthdate, and/or any combination thereof. In some examples, the menumay be customized to include same or different parameters for differentusers and/or different devices. For example, the menu may be customizedto include only email address and phone number for a user associatedwith a mobile device, whereas the menu may be customized to include onlyaccount information and birthday for another user associated with amobile device. In another example, the menu may be customized to includeonly transaction information for a user associated with a kiosk.Moreover, the menu may be customized based on previous recognitionand/or verification of different users and/or different devices, suchthat it includes saved settings for each of the customized menuparameters associated with different users and/or different devices.

At block 325, the method 300 may comprise receiving, based on selectionof the option, the requested access to specified information about thefirst user. For example, the first application may be configured toreceive the requested access to specified information about the firstuser based on selection of the option associated with the customizedmenu. For example, the first application may be configured to receiveaccess to the specified information about the first user based onselecting the accept access. In some examples, the selection of theoption may be associated with a predetermined time duration prior to atimeout of the requested access. In some examples, upon expiration ofthe timeout of the requested access, the identity verification processmay terminate and no longer provide selection of the option. In otherexamples, upon expiration of the timeout of the requested access, theidentity verification process may be re-initiated for a same ordifferent predetermined time duration.

In some examples, access to the specified information about the firstuser may be associated with one or more permissions that are revocableby the second application. For example, at least one permission maycomprise a geographic restriction. In this case, the second applicationmay be configured to revoke access to the specified information aboutthe first user based on a geographic limitation such that the access isprovided only if the first application is within a predetermineddistance of the second device within given location.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise apre-authorized verification. For example, the second application may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the first application has not receive a pre-authorizedverification. In some examples, the pre-authorized verification may be apart of an approval list in which the first application has already beenauthorized to receive the requested access. In some examples, thepre-authorized verification may be based on whether the firstapplication has previously received the requested access, such as withina predetermined time, previous transaction history, and/or anycombination thereof.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise at least oneselected from personally identifiable information, a transaction type, amerchant type, and/or any combination thereof. For example, the secondapplication may be configured to revoke access to the specifiedinformation about the first user if the request includes any portion ofpersonally identifiable information, including but not limited to firstname, last name, email, age, gender, birthdate, location, insuranceinformation, and/or any combination thereof unless previously authorizedand/or partially redacted.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestdoes not match with an approved transaction type, such as a transactionfor a payment, personally identifiable information, and/or anycombination thereof.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestdoes not match with an approved merchant type, such as a doctor, apharmacist, a financial institution, a grocery store, a governmententity, or the like. For example, the second application may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the request does not include a matching identifier associatedwith a merchant or merchant type, such as a doctor, a pharmacist, afinancial institution, a grocery store, a government entity, or thelike.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestis performed over a predetermined threshold, such as requesting toofrequently within a given time. The second application may also beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the request is performed at an abnormal or otherwise irregularday, time, and/or any combination thereof. For example, if the requestis not performed within normal business hours, or the request isperformed at a day and/or time that does not match with previous requesthistory, the access to the specified information about the first usermay be revoked by the second application. Thus, the second applicationmay be configured to determine if the request matches with a previousrequest by user and/or device in evaluating whether or not to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user.

In some examples, the second application may comprise instructions forexecution on the second client device different than the first clientdevice of the first application comprising instructions for executionthereon. For example, the second application may comprise instructionsfor execution on a mobile device whereas the first application maycomprise instructions for execution on a kiosk. Moreover, as describedherein, it is understood that a user is not confined to being a person.In some examples, the user may comprise or be associated with anydevice. For example, it may comprise a lockbox to retrieve one or moreitems, such as a package. In another example, it may comprise a deviceassociated with a pharmacy, store, school, restaurant, hotel, airport,vehicle, market, garage, residential or non-residential building, or thelike.

FIG. 4 depicts a method 400 of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment. FIG. 4 may reference or include same or similarcomponents of system 100 of FIG. 1, transmitting device 200 of FIG. 2Aand FIG. 2B, and method 300 of FIG. 3.

At block 405, the method 400 may comprise entry of one or more cardsinto one or more communication fields of one or more devices. Forexample, the entry of each card may occur via one or more gestures,including but not limited to a tap, a swipe, a wave, and/or anycombination thereof. The communication field may be associated with asingle device or a plurality of devices. Each device may comprise anapplication comprising instructions for execution thereon.

For example, a first user may be associated with a first device andfirst card. A second user may be associated with a second device andsecond card. The second card may enter the communication field of firstdevice, such as via one or more gestures. In some examples, the entrymay be performed by the card user. In other examples, the entry may beperformed by the client device user. The second card may be read by thefirst application in order to approve access. For example, the user ofthe device to which the card entered the communication field, such asvia a tap, a swipe, a wave, and/or any combination thereof, may beprompted to view the identity of the card user and confirm that is theuser intended to verify. For example, the device user may be prompted toaccept upon viewing the identity of the card user and thereby confirmthe intended user to verify. Alternatively, the device user may beprompted to decline upon viewing the identity of the card user andthereby prohibit confirmation.

At block 410, the method 400 may comprise transmitting, after entry of acontactless card into a communication field, identity data by a firstapplication comprising instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. Without limitation, the identity data may comprise at least oneselected from the group of a name, an address, an account number, creditcard number, social security number, a password, a one-time passcode,and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facial recognition, voicerecognition, retinal scan). The method may further comprise performingan identity verification process on the identity data. For example, theidentity verification process may comprise a comparison between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, the server may beconfigured to perform the identity verification process. For example,the server may be configured to compare the identity data with referencedata in order to determine an outcome. In other examples, the secondapplication may be configured to perform the identity verificationprocess. For example, the second application may be configured tocompare the identity data with reference data stored on the seconddevice in order to determine an outcome. In other examples, the secondapplication may be configured to compare the identity data withreference data accessible to the second device, such as by submitting arequest or retrieving the reference data from a server.

In some examples, the server may be configured to determine an outcomebased on the identity verification process. In some examples, theoutcome may comprise a successful match between the identity data andreference data. In some examples, the outcome may comprise anunsuccessful match between the identity data and reference data. Withoutlimitation, the unsuccessful outcome may trigger a comparison betweenleast one or more selected from the group of a name, an address, anaccount number, a credit card number, social security number, apassword, a one-time passcode, and biometric information (e.g.,fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition, retinal scan) withreference data. For example, the original request may comprise acomparison between a password and reference password data, whereas therenewed request, after determination of the unsuccessful outcome, maycomprise a password and a one-time passcode and reference password andone-time passcode data. In another example, the original request maycomprise a comparison between an account number with reference accountnumber, and the renewed request, after determination of the unsuccessfuloutcome, may comprise a comparison between biometric information andreference biometric comparison. In some examples, the requested identitydata may be same as the renewed request for identity data afterdetermination of the unsuccessful outcome. The server may be configuredto transmit the one or more notifications to the second applicationbased on the outcome. In other examples, the second application may beconfigured to determine an outcome based on the identity verificationprocess. In other examples, the second application may be configured totransmit the one or more notifications based on the outcome.

At block 420, the method 400 may comprise transmitting, after theapplication approves the access by selecting a button, the approval. Atblock 425, the method 400 may include presenting, in response to theapproval, additional data about the second user by the firstapplication. Without limitation, additional data may comprise at leastone selected from the group of first name, last name, gender, IPaddress, email address, mailing address, phone number, transactioninformation (e.g., merchant, location, goods/services purchased,purchase price, purchase terms and conditions, return and refundpolicies), transaction history (e.g., transaction information ofprevious transactions), account information, birthdate, and/or anycombination thereof. In this manner, the first application may beconfigured to prompt the approved access in which confirmation of thesecond user is requested based on the additionally presented data. Thus,this implementation acts as a second verification of the second user toavoid getting the incorrect card, and in which only minimal informationabout the second user is revealed.

FIG. 5 depicts a method 500 of identity verification according to anexemplary embodiment. FIG. 5 may reference or include same or similarcomponents of system 100 of FIG. 1, transmitting device 200 of FIG. 2Aand FIG. 2B, method 300 of FIG. 3, and method 400 of FIG. 4.

At block 505, the method 500 may comprise the entry of a card into acommunication field of a device. For example, the entry may occur viaone or more gestures, including but not limited to a tap, a swipe, awave, and/or any combination thereof. As previously explained, the firstapplication may comprise instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. In some examples, the entry may be performed by the card user.In other examples, the entry may be performed by the client device user.

At block 510, the method 500 may comprise transmitting, after entry of acontactless card into a communication field, identity data by a firstapplication comprising instructions for execution on a first clientdevice. Without limitation, the identity data may comprise at least oneselected from the group of a name, an address, an account number, acredit card number, social security number, a password, a one-timepasscode, and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facialrecognition, voice recognition, retinal scan).

At block 515, the method 500 may include performing an identityverification process of the identity data. Without limitation, theidentity verification process may comprise a comparison between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, the reference datamay be stored in server. In other examples, the reference data may beretrieved from the database by the server. For example, the server maytransmit one or more requests to database to retrieve data, such as thereference data. The database may be configured to transmit, responsiveto the one or more requests from server, data, such as the referencedata. In some examples, the server may be configured to perform theidentity verification process. For example, the server may be configuredto compare the identity data with reference data in order to determinean outcome. In other examples, the second application may be configuredto perform the identity verification process. For example, the secondapplication may be configured to compare the identity data withreference data stored on the second device in order to determine anoutcome.

The server and/or second application may be configured to compare atleast one selected from the group of a name, an address, an accountnumber, credit card number, social security number, a password, aone-time passcode, and biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facialrecognition, voice recognition, retinal scan), and/or any combinationthereof with reference data. For example, the server may be configuredto compare a password and a one-time passcode with a reference passwordand a reference one-time passcode.

At block 520, the server and/or application may be configured to improveauthentication security by requiring one or more additional comparisonsto perform one or more iterations of the identity verification process,such as one or more additional identity verification processes.Continuing with the previous example, the server may be configured tocompare, without limitation, an account number of the identity data witha reference account number, after comparing the password and one-timepasscode with the reference password and reference one-time passcode.For example, the server may transmit one or more requests to database toretrieve data, such as the reference data, including but not limited tothe reference account number. The database may be configured totransmit, responsive to the one or more requests from server, data, suchas the reference data, including but not limited to the referenceaccount number.

In other examples, the second application may be configured to comparethe identity data with reference data accessible to the second device,such as by submitting a request or retrieving the reference data from aserver. In some examples, the outcome of the identity verificationprocess may comprise a successful match between the identity data andreference data. In some examples, the outcome of the identityverification process may comprise an unsuccessful match between theidentity data and reference data. In some examples, if the outcomecomprises an unsuccessful match, the identity verification process mayend, and the identity verification process may be restarted by theserver and/or second application with requesting additional and/ordifferent information from the original request for comparing theidentity data with reference data. Without limitation, the unsuccessfuloutcome may trigger a comparison between least one or more selected fromthe group of a name, an address, an account number, a credit cardnumber, social security number, a password, a one-time passcode, andbiometric information (e.g., fingerprint, facial recognition, voicerecognition, retinal scan) with reference data. For example, theoriginal request may comprise a comparison between a password andreference password data, whereas the renewed request, afterdetermination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise a password and aone-time passcode and reference password and one-time passcode data. Inanother example, the original request may comprise a comparison betweenan account number with reference account number, and the renewedrequest, after determination of the unsuccessful outcome, may comprise acomparison between biometric information and reference biometriccomparison. In some examples, the requested identity data may be same asthe renewed request for identity data after determination of theunsuccessful outcome.

The server may be configured to determine an outcome based on theidentity verification process. The server may be configured to transmitthe one or more notifications to the second application based on theoutcome. In other examples, the second application may be configured todetermine an outcome based on the identity verification process. Inother examples, the second application may be configured to transmit theone or more notifications based on the outcome.

At block 525, the method 500 may comprise receiving, based on anidentity verification process of the identity data, a notification at asecond application comprising instructions for execution on a secondclient device, the notification comprising an option indicative ofrequested access to specified information about a first user, the optionfurther including accept or decline access to the specified informationabout the first user. For example, the second application may beconfigured to receive one or more notifications based on an identityverification process.

At block 530, the second application may be configured to perform apre-verification process prior to display of the one or morenotifications. For example, the second application may be configured toperform the pre-verification process by requesting, prior to display ofthe notification, an authentication input of one or more logincredentials. The second application may be configured to display the oneor more notifications. In some examples, at least one login credentialmay comprise a password credential. In some examples, at least one logincredential may comprise a biometric credential. For example, thebiometric credential may include at least one selected from the group ofa fingerprint, facial recognition, voice recognition, retinal scan,and/or any combination thereof. In other examples, the one or more logincredentials may comprise a password credential, a biometric credential,and/or any combination thereof.

In some examples, at least one notification may comprise an optionindicative of requested access to specified information about the firstuser. For example, the option may comprise a choice to accept or declineaccess to the specified information about the first user. In someexamples, the second application may be configured to modify at leastone selected from the group of specified information about the firstuser and access to the specified information about the first user. Insome examples, the notification may further comprise a message that thefirst client application of the first device is in communication withthe contactless card and is requesting access to specified informationabout the first user.

At block 535, the method 500 may include generating a customized menu ofshareable specified information about the first user based on userand/or device. In some examples, the notification may further comprise amenu of shareable specified information about the first user. Forexample, the menu may comprise at least one selected from the group offirst name, last name, gender, IP address, email address, mailingaddress, phone number, transaction information, account information,birthdate, and/or any combination thereof. In some examples, the menumay be customized to include same or different parameters for differentusers and/or different devices. For example, the menu may be customizedto include only email address and phone number for a user associatedwith a mobile device, whereas the menu may be customized to include onlyaccount information and birthday for another user associated with amobile device. In another example, the menu may be customized to includeonly transaction information for a user associated with a kiosk.Moreover, the menu may be customized based on previous recognitionand/or verification of different users and/or different devices, suchthat it includes saved settings for each of the customized menuparameters associated with different users and/or different devices.

At block 540, the method 500 may include revoking access to thespecified information about the first user. In some examples, therequested access to specified information about the first user may bereceived based on selection of the option associated with the customizedmenu. For example, the first application may be configured to receivethe requested access to specified information about the first user basedon selection of the option. For example, the first application may beconfigured to receive access to the specified information about thefirst user based on selecting the accept access. In some examples, theselection of the option may be associated with a predetermined timeduration prior to a timeout of the requested access. In some examples,upon expiration of the timeout of the requested access, the identityverification process may terminate and no longer provide selection ofthe option. In other examples, upon expiration of the timeout of therequested access, the identity verification process may be re-initiatedfor a same or different predetermined time duration.

Moreover, access to the specified information about the first user maybe associated with one or more permissions that are revocable by thesecond application. For example, at least one permission may comprise ageographic restriction. In this case, the second application may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser based on a geographic limitation such that the access is providedonly if the first application is within a predetermined distance of thesecond device within given location.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise apre-authorized verification. For example, the second application may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the first application has not receive a pre-authorizedverification. In some examples, the pre-authorized verification may be apart of an approval list in which the first application has already beenauthorized to receive the requested access. In some examples, thepre-authorized verification may be based on whether the firstapplication has previously received the requested access, such as withina predetermined time, previous transaction history, and/or anycombination thereof.

In another example, at least one permission may comprise at least oneselected from personally identifiable information, a transaction type, amerchant type, and/or any combination thereof. For example, the secondapplication may be configured to revoke access to the specifiedinformation about the first user if the request includes any portion ofpersonally identifiable information, including but not limited to firstname, last name, email, age, gender, birthdate, location, insuranceinformation, and/or any combination thereof unless previously authorizedand/or partially redacted.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestdoes not match with an approved transaction type, such as a transactionfor a payment, personally identifiable information, and/or anycombination thereof.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestdoes not match with an approved merchant type, such as a doctor, apharmacist, a financial institution, a grocery store, a governmententity, or the like. For example, the second application may beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the request does not include a matching identifier associatedwith a merchant or merchant type, such as a doctor, a pharmacist, afinancial institution, a grocery store, a government entity, or thelike.

In another example, the second application may be configured to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user if the requestis performed over a predetermined threshold, such as requesting toofrequently within a given time. The second application may also beconfigured to revoke access to the specified information about the firstuser if the request is performed at an abnormal or otherwise irregularday, time, and/or any combination thereof. For example, if the requestis not performed within normal business hours, or the request isperformed at a day and/or time that does not match with previous requesthistory, the access to the specified information about the first usermay be revoked by the second application. Thus, the second applicationmay be configured to determine if the request matches with a previousrequest by user and/or device in evaluating whether or not to revokeaccess to the specified information about the first user.

In some examples, the second application may comprise instructions forexecution on the second client device different than the first clientdevice of the first application comprising instructions for executionthereon. For example, the second application may comprise instructionsfor execution on a mobile device whereas the first application maycomprise instructions for execution on a kiosk. Moreover, as describedherein, it is understood that a user is not confined to being a person.In some examples, the user may comprise or be associated with anydevice. For example, it may comprise a lockbox to retrieve one or moreitems, such as a package. In another example, it may comprise a deviceassociated with a pharmacy, store, school, restaurant, hotel, airport,vehicle, market, garage, residential or non-residential building, or thelike.

It is further noted that the systems and methods described herein may betangibly embodied in one of more physical media, such as, but notlimited to, a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), afloppy disk, a hard drive, read only memory (ROM), random access memory(RAM), as well as other physical media capable of data storage. Forexample, data storage may include random access memory (RAM) and readonly memory (ROM), which may be configured to access and store data andinformation and computer program instructions. Data storage may alsoinclude storage media or other suitable type of memory (e.g., such as,for example, RAM, ROM, programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disks, optical disks,floppy disks, hard disks, removable cartridges, flash drives, any typeof tangible and non-transitory storage medium), where the files thatcomprise an operating system, application programs including, forexample, web browser application, email application and/or otherapplications, and data files may be stored. The data storage of thenetwork-enabled computer systems may include electronic information,files, and documents stored in various ways, including, for example, aflat file, indexed file, hierarchical database, relational database,such as a database created and maintained with software from, forexample, Oracle® Corporation, Microsoft® Excel file, Microsoft® Accessfile, a solid state storage device, which may include a flash array, ahybrid array, or a server-side product, enterprise storage, which mayinclude online or cloud storage, or any other storage mechanism.Moreover, the figures illustrate various components (e.g., servers,computers, processors, etc.) separately. The functions described asbeing performed at various components may be performed at othercomponents, and the various components may be combined or separated.Other modifications also may be made.

In the preceding specification, various embodiments have been describedwith references to the accompanying drawings. It will, however, beevident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto, andadditional embodiments may be implemented, without departing from thebroader scope of the invention as set forth in the claims that follow.The specification and drawings are accordingly to be regarded as anillustrative rather than restrictive sense.

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 21. An identity verification system comprising: amemory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receivea request to perform an identity verification process on identity data,perform the identity verification process, determine one or moreoutcomes based on the identity verification process, generate one ormore notifications based on the one or more outcomes, and transmit theone or more notifications, wherein: the one or more notificationsincluding an option indicative of requested access to shareableinformation about a first user, the option includes a choice to acceptor decline access to the shareable information and the requested accessto the shareable information is revocable based on one or morepermissions.
 22. The identity verification system of claim 21, whereinthe processor is further configured to receive the identity data afterentry of a contactless card into a communication field.
 23. The identityverification system of claim 21, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to perform one or more iterations of the identityverification process.
 24. The identity verification system of claim 21,wherein at least one outcome of the one or more outcomes comprises asuccessful or unsuccessful match between one or more subsets of theidentity data and one or more subsets of reference data.
 25. Theidentity verification system of claim 21, wherein at least one outcomeof the one or more outcomes comprises an unsuccessful match between theidentity data and reference data.
 26. The identity verification systemof claim 25, wherein the at least one outcome triggers a differentcomparison between the identity data and the reference data.
 27. Theidentity verification system of claim 21, wherein a pre-verificationprocess is performed prior to display of the one or more notifications.28. The identity verification system of claim 21, wherein the one ormore notifications enable a response in which additional information isselected for sharing.
 29. The identity verification system of claim 21,wherein selection of the option is associated with a predetermined timeduration prior to a timeout of the requested access.
 30. The identityverification system of claim 21, wherein the requested access is revokedbased on exceeding a predetermined threshold over a predetermined time.31. A method of identity verification comprising: receiving, by aprocessor, a request to perform an identity verification process onidentity data; performing, by the processor, the identity verificationprocess; determining, by the processor, one or more outcomes based onthe identity verification process; generating, by the processor, one ormore notifications based on the one or more outcomes; and transmitting,by the processor, the one or more notifications, wherein: the one ormore notifications including an option indicative of requested access toshareable information about a first user, the option including a choiceto accept or decline access to the shareable information, and therequested access to the shareable information is revocable based on oneor more permissions.
 32. The method of claim 31, further comprisingreceiving, by the processor, the identity data after entry of acontactless card into a communication field.
 33. The method of claim 31,further comprising performing, by the processor, one or more iterationsof the identity verification process.
 34. The method of claim 31,wherein at least one outcome of the one or more outcomes comprises asuccessful or unsuccessful match between one or more subsets of theidentity data and one or more subsets of reference data.
 35. The methodof claim 31, wherein at least one outcome of the one or more outcomescomprises an unsuccessful match between the identity data and referencedata.
 36. The method of claim 35, wherein the at least one outcometriggers a different comparison between the identity data and thereference data.
 37. The method of claim 31, wherein a pre-verificationprocess is performed prior to display of the one or more notifications.38. The method of claim 31, wherein the one or more notifications enablea response in which additional information is selected for sharing. 39.The method of claim 31, wherein selection of the option is associatedwith a predetermined time duration prior to a timeout of the requestedaccess.
 40. A computer readable non-transitory medium comprisinginstructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor toperform procedures comprising: receiving a request to perform anidentity verification process on identity data; performing the identityverification process; determining one or more outcomes based on theidentity verification process; generating one or more notificationsbased on the one or more outcomes; and transmitting the one or morenotifications, wherein: the one or more notifications including anoption indicative of requested access to shareable information about afirst user, the option including a choice to accept or decline access tothe shareable information, and the requested access to shareableinformation is revocable based on one or more permissions.